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  • 41Клапка Джером Джером — Джером Клапка Джером Джером Клапка Джером (англ. Jerome Klapka Jerome, 2 мая 1859, Уолсолл, графство Стаффордшир 14 июня 1927, Нортхемптон) английский писатель юморист, постоянный сотрудник «Punch», редактировал с 1892 1897 годы журналы «Лентяй»… …

    Википедия

  • 42Jerome — (spr. dschérrömm), Jerome Klapka, engl. Schriftsteller, geb. 2. Mai 1861 in Walsall, lebt in London; schrieb: »Idle thoughts of an idle fellow« (Essays, 1886), Damen (»Wood Barrow farm«, »The prude s progress«, 1893, u.a.), humorist. Erzählungen… …

    Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • 43Jerome, Jerome K. — ▪ English writer in full  Jerome Klapka Jerome  born May 2, 1859, Walsall, Staffordshire, Eng. died June 14, 1927, Northampton, Northamptonshire  English novelist and playwright whose humour warm, unsatirical, and unintellectual won him wide… …

    Universalium

  • 44Jerome —   [dʒə rəʊm], Jerome K. (Klapka), englischer Schriftsteller, * Walsall 2. 5. 1859, ✝ Northampton 14. 6. 1927; Journalist und Schauspieler; schrieb humoristische Erzählungen, z. B. über eine Bootsfahrt (»Three men in a boat«, 1889; deutsch »Drei… …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 45JEROME, JEROME KLAPTA —    dramatist, journalist, &c., author of Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, Three Men in a Boat, Diary of a Pilgrimage, &c., as also of plays; editor of the Idler and of a weekly magazine journal, To Day; b. 1861 …

    The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • 46Jerome, Jerome Klapka — (b. 1860)    Novelist, playwright, etc. On the Stage and Off (1885), Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow (1889), Three Men in a Boat (1891), Sketches in Lavender (1897), Paul Kelver (1902), Tommy & Co. (1904). Plays, The Passing of the Third Floor… …

    Short biographical dictionary of English literature

  • 47scapegrace — n. Careless fellow, idle fellow …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 48Drone — Drone, n. [OE. drane a dronebee, AS. dr[=a]n; akin to OS. dr[=a]n, OHG. treno, G. drohne, Dan. drone, cf. Gr. ? a kind of wasp, dial. Gr. ? drone. Prob. named fr. the droning sound. See {Drone}, v. i.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) The male of bees, esp. of the… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 49fain'eant — faineant fai ne ant , fain eant fai n[ e] ant (f[asl] n[asl] [aum]N ), n. A do nothing; an idle fellow; a sluggard. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 50faineant — fai ne ant , fain eant fai n[ e] ant (f[asl] n[asl] [aum]N ), n. A do nothing; an idle fellow; a sluggard. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English